Harry M. Jones

Harry M. Jones, 97, of Edwardsville, and a longtime resident of Regent Street in Wilkes-Barre, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at Celtic Hospice.

Born March 12, 1917, in Wilkes-Barre, he was a son of the late Harry and Dorothy Higgins Jones.

A graduate of St. Mary's High School, Harry was an Army veteran of World War II and served honorably in the Phillipines.

Harry worked for the Central Railroad of New Jersey for several years before accepting a milk delivery route for Gorman's Dairy, from which he retired after 25 years.

A member of the Parish of St. John the Baptist in Larksville, Harry was a former member of the Church of St. Aloysius, where he was a member of the Holy Name Society and served as an usher for 35 years.

His wife, Margaret Clemm Jones, died Aug. 3, 2004. Brothers, Frank and Bill Jones, and sisters, Margaret Cummings, Dorothy Dillon, Mary Lambert and Catherine Tomascik, also preceded him in death.

He will be greatly missed by his children, Frank and his wife, Patricia Jones, Jacksonville, Fla.; Kathy and her husband, Joseph Maciejczyk, Edwardsville; and Karen and her husband, Stephen Washicosky, Larksville; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brother, Joseph and his wife, Irene Jones, Kingston; sister, Helen Menechini, New Jersey; nieces, nephews, other family and friends.

A celebration of Harry's life will be held at 10 a.m. Friday from McLaughlin's, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. in the Church of St. John the Baptist. Entombment will be in St. Mary's Mausoleum. Visitation will be held at McLaughlin's from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Permanent messages and memories may be shared with Harry's family at www.lifecelebrations.com.